Starship is a spacecraft from SpaceX that will be used by them to perform missions to the moon and subsequently to Mars. Several tests performed previously on a smaller scale ended in failure before finally successfully landing vertically safely. All of them are launches in the Earth’s atmosphere only.
But now Elon Musk has confirmed Starship will make a launch into its first orbit next July. Then it will be launched once a month to test the system. The launch of the Starship is important because it also serves as a test platform for the Super Heavy rocket that uses 32 Raptor engines.
The Raptor is the most powerful rocket ever developed by SpaceX to replace the Merlin engine used on the Falcon Heavy today. The Starship itself will be equipped with six Raptor engines when it comes into operation.
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